me off the villain's head; throw the quean in
the channel.
Host. Throw me in the channel! I'll throw
thee in the channel. Wilt thou? wilt thou? thou 56
bastardly rogue! Murder, murder! Ah, thou
honey-suckle villain! wilt thou kill God's officers
and the king's? Ah, thou honey-seed rogue!
thou art a honey-seed, a man-queller, and a 60
woman-queller.
Fal. Keep them off, Bardolph.
Fang. A rescue! a rescue!
Host. Good people, bring a rescue or two! 64
Thou wo't, wo't thou? thou wo't, wo't ta? do,
do, thou rogue! do, thou hemp-seed!
Fal. Away, you scullion! you rampallian!
you fustilarian! I'll tickle your catastrophe. 68
Enter Chief Justice.
Ch. Just. What is the matter? keep the peace
here, ho!
Host. Good my lord, be good to me! I be-
seech you, stand to me! 72
Ch. Just. How now, Sir John! what! are you brawling here?
Doth this become your place, your time and business?
You should have been well on your way to York.
Stand from him, fellow: wherefore hang'st upon him? 76
Host. O, my most worshipful lord, an 't
please your grace, I am a poor widow of East-
cheap, and he is arrested at my suit.
Ch. Just. For what sum? 80
53 quean: hussy
54 channel: kennel, i.e., gutter
58 honey-suckle: Dame Quickly's error for 'homicidal'
59 honey-seed : homicide
60 man-queller: man-killer
65 wo't: wouldst
ta: thou
67, 68 Cf. n.
